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My Perspective on Sufjan Stevens’ Song Vesuvius

To me it is almost a worship song. Not a typical one. And others...

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Who is God? (According to St. Augustine)

A couple of years ago I started reading the book ‘Confessions’ by st. Augustine and...

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Jane Eyre Fan? Here Are 3 Paintings You Can Download

While I was in my bubble reading it for the first time I ended up...

What Love Really Means

Love. It’s a word often used. But what does it mean? In a dictionary love...

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You Are Not Who You Were Last November

“The human body essentially recreates itself every six months. Nearly every cell of hair and...

Be Reminded of The Greatness of God

This song is simple in melody and lyrics, but it can linger in me for...

This is a painting of mountains. The title is from a line of one of the 'Window Poems' by Wendell Berry that you can read here
The Second Coming of the Trees – A Poem by Wendell Berry

The country where he lives is haunted by a ghost of an old forest. In the cleared...

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What it Means to Be Yourself – Inspired by Virginia Woolf

To be yourself is not as straightforward as it sounds. In fact, yourself has everything...

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This is an original acrylic painting on paper titled 'Every Moment Should be Beautiful' This is a line from Oscar Wilde that he wrote in The Profundis. 
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Every Moment Should Be Beautiful – Original Painting

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Not In So Many Words – Download

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Sing It Out – Original Art

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This is an original acrylic painting inspired by the book 'The Waves' by Virginia Woolf. That book is so strange and wonderful to me. Many paragraphs and sentences inspired me. This painting is inspired by this one: "I think sometimes (I am not twenty yet) I am not a woman, but the light that falls on this gate, on this ground. I am the seasons, I think sometimes, January, May, November; the mud, the mist, the dawn."
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I Am The Seasons – Original Painting

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The song 'Happy Birthday' from The Innocence Mission always makes me happy. So one day I just started painting while I kept the song on repeat and this is what came out :)
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Augustine poster quote what love looks like - help others - printable download
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What Love Looks Like – Augustine – Download

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This painting is inspired by this passage from the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte: "Adele heard him, and asked if she was to go to school "sans mademoiselle?" "Yes," he replied, "absolutely sans mademoiselle; for I am to take mademoiselle to the moon, and there I shall seek a cave in one of the white valleys among the volcano-tops, and mademoiselle shall live with me there, and only me."
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To The Moon – Inspired by Jane Eyre – Original Painting

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Practice Resurrection – Inspired by Wendell Berry – Original Painting

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Live by Love and Admiration – Download

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This printable artwork is titled: "You Are Love And Lonely".  This text is also written on the painting and is from a poem written by Gerard Reve in his book 'Nader tot U': “Eigenlijk geloof ik niets, en twijfel ik aan alles, zelfs aan U. Maar soms, wanneer ik denk dat Gij waarachtig leeft, dan denk ik, dat Gij Liefde zijt, en eenzaam, en dat, in dezelfde wanhoop, Gij mij zoekt zoals ik U." My translation of this poem to English is:  "To be honest, I don't believe anything,  and doubt everything, even You.  But at times, when I think that You truly live,  then I think, that You are love, and lonely,  and that, in the same despair, You look for me as I You."
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virginia woolf art To be myself (I note) I need the illumination of other people's eyes.
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To Be Myself – Original Painting

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This printable poster is about being in love and all the feelings and thoughts that come with it. It is partly inspired by the book + movie North And South by Elizabeth Gaskell. And partly inspired by the song 'Things I'll Later Lose' by Lily & Madeleine.
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The Dress She Wore in June – Download

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This is an A3-size PDF printable poster based on the Mad Famer Manifesto Poem by Wendell Berry, titled 'Practice Resurrection'.  
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This painting is based on this quote from the book 'The Voyage Out' by Virginia Woolf: "When she sat down she had dropped her books on to the earth at her feet, and now she looked down on them lying there, so square in the grass, a tall stem bending over and tickling the smooth brown cover of Gibbon, while the mottled blue Balzac lay naked in the sun."
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Books in the Grass – The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf – Original Painting

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This is an acrylic painting of a portrait of Vincent van Gogh.
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All Heart – Portrait of Vincent van Gogh – Original Painting

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This is a printable poster of mountains. The title is from a line of one of the 'Window Poems' by Wendell Berry that you can read here
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Whether or not you know the writings of Virginia Woolf, this poster will suit you if you love the beach and the sea. The drawing was inspired by this passage from the book Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: “So on a summer's day waves collect, overbalance, and fall; collect and fall; and the whole world seems to be saying 'that is all' more and more ponderously, until even the heart in the body which lies in the sun on the beach says too 'that is all'. Fear no more, says the heart. Fear no more, says the heart, committing its burden to some sea, which sighs collectively for all sorrows, and renews, begins, collects, lets fall.”
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Slip into rain - green bus - innocence mission art painting
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Slip Into Rain – Inspired by The Innocence Mission’s ‘Green Bus’

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Records From Your Room Are In Bloom – Original Art

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This is a printable artwork titled 'Concert View'. It is available in multiple sizes.
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This is an original acrylic painting inspired by this text from the poem 'The Country of Marriage' by Wendell Berry: "You are the known way leading always to the unknown.".
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You are The Known Way Leading Always to The Unknown – Original

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This is a printable artwork titled 'Roots'. It is inspired by these words from Virginia Woolf's book The Waves: "I am the stalk. My roots go down to the depths of the world. The weight of the earth is pressed to my ribs." This quote is also written on the painting.
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The book 'The Waves' by Virginia Woolf is so strange and wonderful. Many paragraphs and sentences inspired me. This painting is inspired by this one: "And being in love for the first time, I made a phrase - a poem about a wood-pigeon - a single phrase, for a hole had been knocked in my mind, one of those sudden transparencies through which one sees everything."
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And Being in Love For the First Time, I Made A Phrase (Virginia Woolf) – Download

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This is a printable art poster titled 'Waiting For The Voice Of The Lover' 
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This is a painting of mountains. The title is from a line of one of the 'Window Poems' by Wendell Berry that you can read here
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The Second Coming of the Trees – Original Art

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The song 'Happy Birthday' from The Innocence Mission always makes me happy. So one day I just started painting while I kept the song on repeat and this is what came out :)
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Happy Birthday (The Innocence Mission) – Original

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This original acrylic painting is This painting is inspired by a text I read written by Soren Kierkegaard: “Something wonderful happened to me. I was transported into the Seventh Heaven. All the gods sat there in assembly. By special grace I was accorded the favour of a wish. ‘Will you, ‘ Said Mercury, ‘have youth, or beauty, or power, or a long life, or the prettiest girl, or any other of the many splendours we have in our chest of knickknacks? So choose, but just one thing.’ For a moment I was at a loss. Then I addressed myself to the gods as follows: ‘Esteemed contemporaries, I choose one thing: always to have the laughter on my side.’ Not a single word did one god offer in answer; on the contrary they all began to laugh. From this I concluded that my prayer was fulfilled and that the gods knew how to express themselves with taste, for it would hardly have been fitting gravely to answer, ‘It has been granted you.'”
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Always To Have Laughter – Original Art

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This is an instant download poster inspired by Virginia Woolf's book The Waves. The text on the poster is:  'To be myself (I note) I need the illumination of other people’s eyes, and therefore cannot be entirely sure what is my self.' It is available in multiple sizes. 
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To Be Myself – Poster

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This is a printable poster inspired by the book 'The Waves' by Virginia Woolf. That book is so strange and wonderful to me. Many paragraphs and sentences inspired me. This painting is inspired by this one: "I think sometimes (I am not twenty yet) I am not a woman, but the light that falls on this gate, on this ground. I am the seasons, I think sometimes, January, May, November; the mud, the mist, the dawn."
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This is an original acrylic painting titled 'Droom & Daden'. On it I pasted a few lines from a poem by Henriette Roland Holst - van der Schalk titled 'De Wens':
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Droom & Daden – Original Painting

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The book 'The Waves' by Virginia Woolf is so strange and wonderful. Many paragraphs and sentences inspired me. This painting is inspired by this one: "And being in love for the first time, I made a phrase - a poem about a wood-pigeon - a single phrase, for a hole had been knocked in my mind, one of those sudden transparencies through which one sees everything."
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And Being in Love For the First Time, I Made A Phrase – Original

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Records From Your Room Are In Bloom – Download

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This is a printable poster inspired by this text from the poem 'The Country of Marriage' by Wendell Berry: "You are the known way leading always to the unknown.". 
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This is a printable poster titles 'The Morning Invitation' Based on a quote from the book 'Love Does' by Bob Goff.
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This original acrylic portrait painting is titled: "You Are Love And Lonely".  This text is also written on the painting and is from a poem written by Gerard Reve in his book 'Nader tot U': “Eigenlijk geloof ik niets, en twijfel ik aan alles, zelfs aan U. Maar soms, wanneer ik denk dat Gij waarachtig leeft, dan denk ik, dat Gij Liefde zijt, en eenzaam, en dat, in dezelfde wanhoop, Gij mij zoekt zoals ik U." My translation of this poem to English is: "To be honest, I don't believe anything,  and doubt everything, even You.  But at times, when I think that You truly live,  then I think, that You are love, and lonely,  and that, in the same despair, You look for me as I You."
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This is an original acrylic painting on paper titled 'Every Moment Should be Beautiful' This is a line from Oscar Wilde that he wrote in The Profundis. 
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This is a printable poster titled ‘Love Alone is Worth the fight.' The title comes from this song by Switchfoot.
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This is an instant art download of this painting titled 'Flower Dream II'
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This is a printable poster of a portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Read the story I wrote to understand the text 'la tristesse durera toujours' on the painting
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Not In So Many Words – Original Painting

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This printable poster is based on this quote from the book 'The Voyage Out' by Virginia Woolf: "When she sat down she had dropped her books on to the earth at her feet, and now she looked down on them lying there, so square in the grass, a tall stem bending over and tickling the smooth brown cover of Gibbon, while the mottled blue Balzac lay naked in the sun."
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Books in the Grass – The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf – Download

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This is a printable artwork based on Sufjan Stevens song 'Carrie & Lowell, especially the phrase "Under the pear tree, shadows and light conspiring."
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This is an original acrylic painting on wood inspired by Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself'. The line 'Ik spreek mezelf tegen' is a quote from that poem and translated it means 'I contradict myself'. 
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Walt Whitman – Ik Spreek Mezelf Tegen (I Contradict Myself) – Original Painting

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Ik Leef Nog Steeds – Original Art

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This is an original painting on wood based on Sufjan Stevens song 'Carrie & Lowell, especially the phrase "Under the pear tree, shadows and light conspiring." This phrase and this album reminds me of the strange correlation between light and dark in this world.
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Shadows and Light Conspiring – Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Carrie & Lowell’ – Original Art

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This printable artwork is inspired by a text I read written by Soren Kierkegaard: “Something wonderful happened to me. I was transported into the Seventh Heaven. All the gods sat there in assembly. By special grace I was accorded the favour of a wish. ‘Will you, ‘ Said Mercury, ‘have youth, or beauty, or power, or a long life, or the prettiest girl, or any other of the many splendours we have in our chest of knickknacks? So choose, but just one thing.’ For a moment I was at a loss. Then I addressed myself to the gods as follows: ‘Esteemed contemporaries, I choose one thing: always to have the laughter on my side.’ Not a single word did one god offer in answer; on the contrary they all began to laugh. From this I concluded that my prayer was fulfilled and that the gods knew how to express themselves with taste, for it would hardly have been fitting gravely to answer, ‘It has been granted you.'”
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This is a printable poster based on Charlotte Bronte's book 'Jane Eyre'. Is id based on this quote: "I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, great and strong! He made me love him without looking at me."
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Invisible Love – Inspired by Jane Eyre – Download

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This is an original acrylic painting on paper titled 'Roots'. It is inspired by these words from Virginia Woolf's book The Waves: "I am the stalk. My roots go down to the depths of the world. The weight of the earth is pressed to my ribs." This quote is also written on the painting. 
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Roots – Original Painting

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This is a printable artwork based on the book 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte titled 'Free as a Bird'. 
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A Parcel – Inspired by John Berger – Download

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To The Moon – Inspired by Jane Eyre – Download

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This is an original acrylic painting titled ‘Love Alone is Worth the fight.' The title comes from this song by Switchfoot.
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Love Alone is Worth The Fight – Original Painting

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